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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Norman Minster
- The First Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- A New Vision For York
- New Earswick
- York Railway Station
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St William's Shrine
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Mystery Plays
- Water Lanes
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Judges Lodging
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Glazed Medieval Jug